Recombinant hansenula polymorpha-based high dosage hepatitis b vaccine

ABSTRACT

Provided is a recombinant  Hansenula polymorpha -based high dosage hepatitis B vaccine, an HBsAg pure stock solution yield of a recombinant  Hansenula polymorpha  fermentation broth used for producing the hepatitis B vaccine being 300 mg/L-400 mg/L.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority to China PatentApplication No. 201610178526.8, filed on Mar. 25, 2016 in People'sRepublic of China. The entire content of the above identifiedapplication is incorporated herein by reference.

Some references, which may include patents, patent applications andvarious publications, may be cited and discussed in the description ofthis disclosure. The citation and/or discussion of such references isprovided merely to clarify the description of the present disclosure andis not an admission that any such reference is “prior art” to thedisclosure described herein. All references cited and discussed in thisspecification are incorporated herein by reference in their entiretiesand to the same extent as if each reference was individuallyincorporated by reference.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure relates to a field of genetic engineering, andmore particularly to a hepatitis B vaccine product including hepatitis Bsurface antigens (HBsAg) expressed by recombinant Hansenula polymorpha,and the dosage of the hepatitis B vaccine product for adults is 40μg/lmL, and for children is 20 μg/0.5 mL.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

HBV (hepatitis B virus, HBV) infection is a serious public healthproblem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 20million people have been infected with HBV within 6 billion peopleworldwide, of which 350 million people have chronic HBV infection; about1 million people die each year from liver failure, cirrhosis and primaryhepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) caused by HBV infection. Livercancer patients worldwide, more than 75% is caused by HBV. China is anendemic area of HBV infection. The Ministry of Health of Chinaincorporated hepatitis B vaccine into planned immunization management in1992. In December 2001, the State Council of China officially approvedthe immunization of hepatitis B vaccine into children's programs,requiring all neonates in all provinces and autonomous regionsvaccinated hepatitis B vaccine for free (except for a small fee) since2002. According to the plan immunization regulations formulated in March2005, from Jun. 1, 2005, offered free hepatitis B vaccine to allneonates. After nearly 15 years of efforts, the general population inChina, especially children under the age of 15, HBV infection rate hassignificantly decreased. According to the national hepatitis Bserological surveys in 2006, the carrying rate of hepatitis B surfaceantigen (HBsAg) in the whole population has decreased from 9.75% to7.18% since 1992, and the hepatitis B surface antigen carrying rate inchildren under 5 years old has been decreased from 9.67% to 0.96%. Basedon projections, about 93 million people are suffering from chronic HBVinfection in China, including about 20 million patients with chronichepatitis B. It is estimated that liver cirrhosis and liver cancer dueto HBV cause nearly 300,000 death cases each year, wherein new hepatitisB are about 0.5 to 1 million cases. Therefore, HBV disease is animportant factor that endangers people's health, hinders socialdevelopment, and affects social stability for a long time. It is aserious public health problem in people-oriented society, and also apriority major health issue in China. The prevalence of HBV infection inChinese population is high, which brings a heavy economic burden to thecountry. According to the survey, the annual direct and indirect medicalexpense for chronic hepatitis B (including liver cirrhosis and livercancer) in China is about 680 billion. Hepatitis B vaccine immunizationprevention is the most effective way to reduce the burden of disease.

Gene recombination technology is the core technology of modernbiotechnology; also is the mainly technology of the large-scaleproduction of hepatitis B vaccine, and the only technology of virus-likeparticle hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg VLP). In the 1970s,the first microbial genetic recombination technology developed was theE. coli expression system in prokaryotic cells. However, due to its lackof post-translational processing and modification in eukaryotic cells;it only expresses HBsAg linear antigen, which is too weak to causeimmunization, and cannot be assembled into HBsAg VLP antigens, so thatit has failed after nearly 10 years research. In the 1980s, yeast as asingle cell eukaryotic microorganism, which has many advantages such asbeing easy to large scale fermentation and simple genetic manipulationas the characteristics of prokaryotic organisms, and has thecharacteristics of post-translational processing and modificationfunctions of mammalian cells for producing biological active protein ofeukaryotic cells. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was the first eukaryoticsystem to express foreign genes. Merck first successfully expressedHBsAg VLP antigen; the first recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and thefirst anti-cancer vaccine were successfully developed. However, thereare still many shortcomings in the industrial production of S.cerevisiae expression system. For example, the exogenous gene plasmidsof engineering strain are free in the cytoplasm lead to geneticallyunstable; the fermentation density is not enough to low productionefficiency; the synthesized polypeptide chain is oftenhyperglycosylated. In 1986, Merck's S. cerevisiae recombinant HBsAg purestock solution yield was 10 mg/L; the dosage of the recombinanthepatitis B vaccine was determined to be 5 μg/dose limited by the HBsAgparticle antigen production at that time. In 1995, Beijing Tiantan andShenzhen Kangtai imported from the US Merck introduced the S. cerevisiaerecombinant hepatitis B vaccine into the 800 liters production offermentation scale. According to Merck's standard, 3 g of pure HBsAgvirus-like particle antigen can be produced per liter of fermentationbroth; the annual yield is 5 μg/dose for 20 million needles. Afternearly a decade of process improvement, the pure stock solution of HBsAgvirus-like particle antigen per liter of fermentation broth has beenincreased to 10 mg. In 1989, the S. cerevisiae recombinant hepatitis Bvaccine developed by Shike Company, the yield of HBsAg VLP pure stocksolution was multiplied to 20 mg/L, so the dosage of adult was 20μg/dose and the child dosage was 10 μg/dose. In the early 1990s, Chinesescientists successfully developed a hepatitis B vaccine from recombinantCHO cells, which has the advantage that recombinant HBsAg VLP granuleantigens can be directly secreted into the extracellular. However, theanimal cells need to be shaken and cultured, and the yield is low. Only1 mg of the HBsAg VLP pure stock solution can be collected per liter ofculture. In 1995, the Hansenula polymorpha recombinant hepatitis Bvaccine was developed by Germany TUV Rheinland, the yield of HBsAg VLPpure stock solution was raised to 60 mg/L; the yield increased severaltimes. In 2004, it was put into production in Korea, and the adultdosage was still 20 μg/dose, the child dosage was also 10 μg/dose. Thispatentee has been engaged in research and development of Hansenulapolymorpha recombinant hepatitis B vaccine since 1995. In 1998 to 2002,in Dalian Gaoxin Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the Hans Yeastrecombinant HBsAg adw hepatitis B vaccine was developed. The yield ofHBsAg VLP pure stock solution was 40 mg/L, and it has been approvedsince 2002 in china. In 2003 to 2006, the applicant assisted BeijingTiantan Biological Products Co., Ltd. to develop recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha HBsAg-adr2 hepatitis B vaccine. The pure stock solution ofHBsAg VLP has a yield of 85 mg/liter or more; it has been submitted tothe National New Drug Review in 2015, and the China patent publicationnumber based on the vaccine is CN104232661A. In view of the fact thatthe existing hepatitis B vaccine is limited to the production ofhepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and the need for universalvaccination of hepatitis B vaccine, the existing hepatitis B vaccinegenerally adopts the above-mentioned low dosage vaccination program.

Currently, the pilot case of the immune response of hepatitis B vaccinein China is based on the following two sets of clinical studies. Theimmune response of anti-HBs are detected by gold chemiluminescencemicroparticle immunoassay with large sample size and strict managementas following standard analysis results: (1) In Shanghai, 1531 newbornswere inoculated with 5 μg/dose S. cerevisiae recombinant hepatitis Bvaccine in 0, 1 and 6 months in 2011; the low/non response rate ofAnti-HBs immune response was up to 21.68%. Geometric mean titer (GMT) isonly 282.34 mIU/ml. At the same time, 516 newborns were inoculated with10 μg/dose Hansenula polymorpha recombinant hepatitis B vaccine at 0, 1,and 6 months; the low/non response rate was 3.10%, and the GMT was1408.08 mIU/ml. (2) In Shandong, two recombinant hepatitis B vaccineswere respectively inoculated in adult susceptible populations in 0, 1,and 6 months in 2013. 2,011 people were inoculated with GSKSaccharomyces cerevisiae recombinant hepatitis B vaccine with 20μg/dose. The anti-HBs low/no response rate was up to 29.79%, and GMT wasonly 270.39 mIU/ml. Another 2,290 people were inoculated with HuabeiPharmaceutical Jintan CHO recombinant hepatitis B vaccine 20 μg/dose.The anti-HBs low/non-response rate was also as high as 28.43%, and GMTwas only 312.67 mIU/ml.

Above results show that among the four major hepatitis B vaccines inChina, only the newborn Hansenula polymorpha recombinant hepatitis Bvaccine is ideal. The low/non response average rate of other three majorvarieties: 5 μg/dose newborn Saccharomyces cerevisiae recombinanthepatitis B vaccine, 20 μg/dose adult S. cerevisiae recombinanthepatitis B vaccine and 20 μg/dose adult CHO recombinant hepatitis Bvaccine are all up to 30%, and GMT are all as low as 300 mIU/ml. Inparticular, there are currently no hepatitis B vaccine varietiessuitable for adults in China. As Dr. Dong Shengfu of Fudan Universityand Dr. Li Pingli of Shandong University believe that the hepatitis Bvaccine currently still has weak immunogenicity. Market demand drivesthe development of high-immunity hepatitis B vaccine, and determinesdeveloping direction of the following high-dose products of hepatitis Bvaccine: the dosage of hepatitis B vaccine for children is 20 μg/dose,and the three needles are inoculated by 0, 1, and 6 months respectively.The GMT of the anti-HBs immune response is expected ≥2000 mIU/ml, thelow/non response rate (<100 mIU/ml)<5%, and the high response rate(≥1000 mIU/ml)>60%. The dosage of hepatitis B vaccine for adult is 40μg/dose, and the three needles are inoculated by 0, 1, and 6 monthsrespectively. The anticipation GMT of anti-HBs immune response isexpected: GMC>1000 mIU/ml, low/non response rate (<100 mIU/ml)<5%, highresponse rate (≥1000 mIU/ml)>50%.

Based on the results of the epidemiological survey of hepatitis B virusin the national population in 1992 and 2006, we conduct a more in-depthinterpretation of the changes in the HBsAg carrying rate among peopleaged 5 years older to further predict the total demand for hepatitis Bvaccine in China, so as to determine the total demand for theabove-mentioned high-dose hepatitis B vaccine, we have to control theproblems of hepatitis B vaccine among the overall national population.(1) Due to the planned immunization of hepatitis B vaccine for allnewborns in China is free, the hepatitis B surface antigen carrying rateof children under 5 years old has dropped from 9.67% to 0.96%; thenumber of HBsAg carriers in China has decreased by 22 million for agreat contribution. However, the current newborn vaccination againsthepatitis B vaccine is immunized from 2006 to the next 15 years, 2021,the rate of hepatitis B surface antigen carrying in children under 5years old is already low, the contribution of HBsAg carrying rate hasceased to exist. (2) In 2006, children under the age of 5 years old,under 10 years old, and under 15 years old, the hepatitis B virussurface antigen (HBsAg) carrying rate increased rapidly from 0.96% to1.96% and 3.37% respectively, especially the coverage of surface antigen(HBsAg) carrying rates in children of these ages was increasing evenmore in the 12 provinces (Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi,Hainan, Chongqing, In Tibet, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, and Sichuan) inChina where hepatitis B virus was highly endemic (surface antigen(HBsAg) carrying rate >8.0%). The reason may be that thelow/non-response rate of anti-HBs in children with hepatitis B vaccinewas high. It was recommended that neonatal immunization in high-endemicareas should be 20 μg/dose for three needles it can further improve theanti-HBs protection response and reduce the low/non-response rate. Thevaccine demand was about 6 million (3 needles) per year. (3) The HBsAgcarrying rate of people under the age of 15 to 20 years old is rapidlyfrom 3.37% to 7.21%. Reports have shown that after the priming responseof children with hepatitis B vaccine, the effective protection periodlasts for 10 to 14 years due to immune memory. For the above-mentionedchildren aged 10 to 14 years old who have passed the immune memoryprotection period, in order to increase the immune protection, theHansenula polymorpha recombinant hepatitis B vaccine should bere-inoculated at 20 μg/dose for three needles in the procedures of 0, 1,and 6 months. To ensure that the HBsAg carrying rate of people under 10to 20 years old in China is controlled below 3.00%; the continuousimplementation of 15 years can contribute to the reduction of the numberof HBsAg carriers in our population by 9 million. The demand forvaccines is about 18 million per year (three needles). (4) The HBsAgcarrying rate of the population aged 15 to 59 years old is still as highas 8.57%. The hepatitis B vaccination rate of the population is only13.78%. Firstly, the high-risk adult population and susceptiblepopulation should be inoculated with 40 μg/dose Hansenula polymorpharecombinant HBsAg hepatitis B vaccine for three needles withoutscreening. The final coverage of adult hepatitis B vaccine is achieved.The aged 15 to 59 years old in China are total 1 billion people, andthen it takes 7 to 8 years to complete the full coverage of hepatitis Bvaccine vaccination for 120 to 150 million people per year. Then,according to the immune memory cycle of 10 years, 40 μg/dose Hansenulapolymorpha recombinant HBsAg hepatitis B vaccine for three needles arere-inoculated according to the procedures of 0, 1, and 6 monthsrespectively at 20, 30, 40 and 50 years old. For 10 consecutive years,it is expected that the HBsAg carrying rate of people aged 15 to 59years old will be controlled at around 6.00%; this will contribute tothe reduction of the number of HBsAg carriers in China by 20 million. Insummary, it is great significance to improve the prevention effect ofhepatitis B in China by providing a highly immunogenic, high-doserecombinant hepatitis B vaccine.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In response to the above-referenced technical inadequacies, the presentdisclosure provides a high dosage of hepatitis B vaccine based onrecombinant Hansenula polymorpha. The hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg) pure stock solution yield used for producing the hepatitis Bvaccine is 300 mg/L to 400 mg/L, and the dosage of hepatitis B surfaceantigen (HBsAg) of the hepatitis B vaccine is 40 μg/dose or 20 μg/dose,40 μg/dose dosage is for adults, and 20 μg/dose dosage is for children.

In certain embodiments, the DNA sequence of the HBsAg expressed by therecombinant Hansenula polymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The hepatitisB surface antigen is adw subtype.

In certain embodiments, the amino acid sequence of the HBsAg expressedby the recombinant Hansenula polymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.

In certain embodiments, the HBsAg expressed by the recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha is a virus-like particle structure, which is formed byinserting HBsAgs into Hansenula polymorpha lipid. In addition, 9 to 12among the 14 cysteic acids of the HBsAg form disulfide bonds.

In certain embodiments, the host Hansenula polymorpha cell line of therecombinant Hansenula polymorpha is HU-11 (CGMCC No. 1218), and thedisrupted DNA sequence of the orphanin-5-phosphate decarboxylase gene ofthe host Hansenula polymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.

In certain embodiments, the hepatitis B vaccine further includes anadjuvant; the adjuvant is aluminum adjuvant prepared by in-situcoprecipitation or the direct adsorption. Preferably, the aluminumadjuvant is prepared by in-situ coprecipitation.

In certain embodiments, the immunization procedure of the hepatitis Bvaccine is one injection respectively in 0, 1, 2 to 12 months for threeneedles. Preferably, the immunization procedure is one injectionrespectively in 0, 1, and 6 months for three needles.

In certain embodiments, the dosage form of the hepatitis B vaccinecomprises a prefilled injection solution, an injection solution or alyophilized powder injection; the dosage form is preferably theprefilled injection solution.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha, which includes the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, andthe nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is integrated into the genome ofthe recombinant Hansenula polymorpha.

In certain embodiments, the host Hansenula polymorpha cell line of therecombinant Hansenula polymorpha is HU-11 (CGMCC No. 1218), and thedisrupted DNA sequence of the orphanin-5-phosphate decarboxylase gene ofthe host Hansenula polymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.

The present disclosure provides a high dosage hepatitis B vaccine basedon recombinant Hansenula polymorpha, and provides a high-yieldrecombinant Hansenula polymorpha strain with high VLP antigen byscreening, and improve the yield and quality of hepatitis B surfaceantigen. The dosage of the high dosage hepatitis B vaccine provided inthe present invention for adult is 40 μg/dose and for children is 20μg/dose. When the production scale (two 800 liter fermenters) ofHansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg VLP pure stock solution access to19,800 grams, the production capacity of the hepatitis B vaccine canproduce 330 million needles (110 million people) for adult with 40μg/dose and 330 million needles (110 million people) for children with20 μg/dose to 330 million needles (110 million people). This productioncan meet the demand for full coverage immunization in all populations inChina. Meanwhile, the present disclosure provides an improved nucleotidesequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) and encoding polypeptide thereof (SEQ ID NO: 2)based on the conventional HBsAg nucleotide sequence. Compared with theconventional HBsAg nucleotide sequence, the improved sequence cangenerate high-purity HBsAg VLP and high-yield recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha engineering strains by easy selection. Electron microscopy(FIG. 4) shows that HBsAg produced by recombinant Hansenula polymorphaengineering strains with improved sequences is a high-quality VLP thatinduce good immune response. Moreover, the purity of HBsAg production ishigh up to 97.2% under the pilot condition, and under the large-scaleproduction conditions, the purity standard of 99% can be achieved.Further, the present disclosure provides a hepatitis B vaccine priorityproduct prepared as prefilled injection liquid, and the prefilledsyringe has one needle in one box, which is convenient and easy to usefor a disposable syringe. Vaccination does not require a separatesyringe to prevent the glass syringes infections, spreading infectiousdiseases or improper needle selection, and avoiding the risk of repeatuse. The experiment proved that the routine repacking of recombinanthepatitis B vaccine with prefilled injection under the heat stabilitytest at 37° C. for 45 days can met the in vitro relative efficacy (RP)requirements, while the conventional split hepatitis B vaccine under thesame storage conditions cannot met RP requirement.

The recombinant hepatitis B vaccine packed in the prefilled syringe canbe stored, used, and transported out of the cold chain in a short time.It is expected to increase the timely vaccination rate of hepatitis Bvaccine within 4.8 million newborns born in old, small, border and poorareas every year. The full-time vaccination of hepatitis B vaccine withprefilled syringes has a good overall cost-benefit ratio.

These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparentfrom the following description of the embodiment taken in conjunctionwith the following drawings and their captions, although variations andmodifications therein may be affected without departing from the spiritand scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure will become more fully understood from thedetailed description and the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction process of plasmidpMPT-HBs adw2.

FIG. 2 is a physical map of plasmid pMPT-HBs adw2;

FIG. 3 is an electrophoresis photograph of a PCR amplification productof the engineered strain obtained by screening from over 100 copiestransformant;

FIG. 4 is an electron micrograph of the pure stock solution ofrecombinant Hansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the steps of transformation and screeningof recombinant Hansenula polymorpha in Example 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure is more particularly described in the followingexamples that are intended as illustrative only since numerousmodifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilledin the art. Like numbers in the drawings indicate like componentsthroughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughoutthe claims that follow, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise,the meaning of “a”, “an”, and “the” includes plural reference, and themeaning of “in” includes “in” and “on”. Titles or subtitles can be usedherein for the convenience of a reader, which shall have no influence onthe scope of the present disclosure.

The terms used herein generally have their ordinary meanings in the art.In the case of conflict, the present document, including any definitionsgiven herein, will prevail. The same thing can be expressed in more thanone way. Alternative language and synonyms can be used for any term(s)discussed herein, and no special significance is to be placed uponwhether a term is elaborated or discussed herein. A recital of one ormore synonyms does not exclude the use of other synonyms. The use ofexamples anywhere in this specification including examples of any termsis illustrative only, and in no way limits the scope and meaning of thepresent disclosure or of any exemplified term. Likewise, the presentdisclosure is not limited to various embodiments given herein. Numberingterms such as “first”, “second” or “third” can be used to describevarious components, signals or the like, which are for distinguishingone component/signal from another one only, and are not intended to, norshould be construed to impose any substantive limitations on thecomponents, signals or the like.

The Construction of the Hansenula polymorpha Intracellular PlasmidpMPT-02 is the Applicant's Non-Exclusive Proprietary Technology:

1.5 kb Hansenula polymorpha MOX (methanol oxidase) promoter, 350 bpHansenula polymorpha MOX (methanol oxidase) terminator, 1.0 kb Hansenulapolymorpha autonomous replication sequence HARS, and 1.1 kbSaccharomyces cerevisiae uracil gene ScURA3 were tightly ligated by genesynthesis technology element, and then inserted into the pBluescripIIplasmid to construct a shuttle plasmid pMPT-02.

Development of the Host Cell Using the Uracil Auxotrophic URA3-Host CellLine HU-11:

A recombinant H. polymorpha strain HU-11 (CGMCC No. 1218) in which theorotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase gene (HURA3) was disrupted byhomologous sequence-mediated homologous integration. Compared with theconventional auxotrophic host strains produced by mutagenesis, therecombinant H. polymorpha strain HU-11 has the characteristics of highgenetic stability and low back mutation rate. It was convenient forgenetic transformation and screening of recombinant strains, andmaintains the wild-type strain. The physiological and biochemicalcharacteristics were beneficial to the culture of recombinant strainsand the high expression of foreign proteins, and have high industrialapplication value. The DNA sequencing result of the disrupted URA3 geneof the Hansenula polymorpha host strain HU11 showed that the five basesof GAAGT were inserted into the 31st base. The insertion of five basesof GAAGT produces a frameshift mutation. The frameshift mutationresulted in a mutation in all of the 254 amino acid codes after the 11thposition, and the mutation produced a total of 15 termination codes,indicating that the structural gene of URA3 is no longer re-expressible.The probability that the five bases GAAGT simultaneously produce a backreversion mutation was extremely small. The experimental test alsoproved that the back mutation rate of the host strain HU11 is zero. Thislow back-reversion mutation rate of the host strain was particularlyadvantageous for transformation screening. URA3-ogal deficiency hostcell line HU-11 (CGMCC No. 1218) established by gene knock outtechnology was disclosed in the applicant's previously inventionCN1651570A. The DNA sequence in which the disrupted decarboxylase gene(HURA3) was shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.

The DNA sequence of HBsAg expression of the recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha of the present disclosure was based on the HBsAg adw2subtypes as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The amino acid sequence of the HBsAgis shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.

Construction of the Hansenula polymorpha Intracellular Plasmids pMPT-HBsadw2 (See FIG. 1):

A synthetic nucleotide sequence according to the sequence shown in SEQID NO: 1 (hereinafter referred to as HBsAg adw2 gene) was constructedinto a glycerol strain containing the HBsAg adw2 gene plasmid; theplasmid after correct sequencing was digested with EcoRI/BamHI, and then701 bp DNA fragment was obtained.

The correct plasmid pMPT-02 was digested with EcoRI/BamHI, and thevector DNA obtained after the gelatinization was ligated to obtain theHansenula polymorpha intracellular plasmid pMPT-HBs adw2, and theplasmid pMPT-HBs adw2 was heat shock transformed into E. coli CompetentCell JM109 (Code No. D9052), and then was cultured overnight by plating.Single colonies were selected from the transformation plates, plasmidDNA was extracted and digested with EcoRI/BamHI, and the results ofrestriction enzyme digestion showed positive clones. Sequencingconfirmed that the plasmid pMPT-HBs adw2 was correct.

The HBsAg adw2 gene was inserted into the multiple cloning site of theHansenula polymorpha expression system intracellular plasmid pMPT-02:between EcoRI and BamHI. The full length of the plasmid pMPT-HBs adw2 is7665 bp. A schematic diagram of the construction process of plasmidpMPT-HBs-adw2 is shown in FIG. 1. The physical map of the pMPT-HBs adw2plasmid is shown in FIG. 2.

Construction of Recombinant Hansenula polymorpha Hepatitis B VirusSurface Antigen (HBsAg) Adw2 Subtype Engineering Strain:

In order to construct the recombinant Hansenula polymorpha hepatitis Bvirus surface antigen (HBsAg) adw2 subtype engineering strain, the cellelectroporation technology developed by the applicant was applied. TheRC pulse: amplitude 1500V, capacitance 22 μF, and time constant 3-5 mselectric shock 1 time, adopted the pMPT-HBsadw2 plasmid transformed intoHansenula polymorpha cells of the HU-11 strain (CGMCC No. 1218) fromwhich the URA3-gene was knocked out. The single colony transformantswere picked up on the MD selection culture plate and transferred to theMD liquid medium for continuous subculture. The adw2 subtype HBsAg geneand the corresponding regulatory components were multi-copy andheterologously integrated into the host Hansenula polymorpha cellchromosome. After a single colony of more than one thousand transformantsingle colonies, the following three steps were screened:

(1) Clonal strains with large single colonies and fast cell growth havea high probability of multiple copies.

(2) The PCR technique was used to compare the electrophoretic bandluminance of the HBsAg gene and the single copy number MOX (methanoloxidase) gene, and the HBsAg gene copy number was determinedsemi-quantitatively.

(3) The expression level of HBsAg released after methanol-induced andshake flask culture for 72 hours was detected.

The application of PCR technology to transformants screening was a newcreation of this application. The multiple copies of the foreign geneHBsAg are determined and heterologously integrated in the Hansenulapolymorpha chromosome, while the MOX gene in the Hansenula polymorphachromosome was intact and not destroyed. They all play an important roleand show unique advantages of the Hansenula polymorpha expressionsystem. A pair of primers were designed to simultaneously amplify theMOX gene (single copy) and the heterologous integrated HBsAg foreigngene (multicopy) in the Hansenula polymorpha chromosome. By comparingthe brightness of the bands of the amplified product in agarose gelelectrophoresis, it was possible to roughly determine whether the HBsAggene was multiple copies. This method was used for the preliminaryscreening of multi-copy strains of engineered HBsAg gene. The amplifiedHBsAg fragment was 800 bp in length and the amplified MOX fragment was2000 bp in length.

Design Using Primer Sequences:

primer forward: 5′-TCAAAAGCGGTATGTCCTTCCACGT-′3 primer reverse:5′-TACTGCTGCCAGTGCACGGTG-′3

PCR product agarose gel electrophoresis: the amplified product of HBsAggene of engineering bacteria was about 800 bp, and the amplificationproduct of Hansen yeast single copy gene MOX gene was about 2000 bp. Theelectrophoresis photograph of the PCR amplification product of theengineered strain obtained by screening from over 100 copiestransformant was shown in FIG. 3, wherein 1 was Marker.

The obtained engineering strain was tested by using 30 liters of pilotfermentation to express the HBsAg content expressed by recombinantHansenula polymorpha in three batches of fermentation stock solution:

The protein concentration was measured by the Lowry method proteinquantitative kit according to national standards. The standard productwas bovine serum albumin provided by the kit, and the regression curve:y=1.0368x−0.0109 and R2=0.999. The fermentation stock solution wasdiluted 5 times with physiological saline, and the absorbance wasmeasured. Each batch was tested twice, and the concentration of HBsAg inthe corresponding pure stock solution was calculated, and the yield ofHBsA was calculated as shown in the following table.

HBsAg Fermen- HBsAg 750 nm average tation yield Absor- HBsAg concen-liquid (mg/L) batch bance concen- tration volume Fermentation numbervalue tration (mg/mL) (mL) liquid Pure 0.306 1.491 1.527 260 39720150606 0.312 1.563 Pure 0.253 1.257 1.270 260 330 20150617 0.258 1.283Pure 0.276 1.376 1.395 260 363 20150624 0.281 1.402

The purity of the recombinant Hansenula polymorpha HBsAg was analyzed byhigh pressure liquid chromatography, and the purity of the recombinantHBsAg pure stock solution was over 97%. An electron micrograph of thepure stock solution of recombinant Hansenula polymorpha recombinantHBsAg was shown in FIG. 4. The results showed that the high purity, highconcentration and virus-like particle (VLP) structure of recombinantHBsAg were stable.

New Product of Hepatitis B Vaccine with Recombinant Hansenula PolymorphaHBsAg for Adult was 40 μg/Dose and for Children was 20 μg/Dose:

In 2010, the European Hepatitis B Immunology Consensus Group reportedthat hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) immunization was the basis foranti-hepatitis B immunity. Anti-HBs were detected after inoculation toassess the intensity of the immune response in history. Although 10mIU/ml was usually taken as a protective response, low levels ofanti-HBs mask significant HBsAg infection. This led to some countries(eg, the United Kingdom, 1996) using a higher protective response of 100mIU/ml; anti-HBs<100 mIU/ml was judged to be low/non response.

On this basis, after the prophylactic hepatitis B vaccine immunizationformed in recent years, the international grading standard forserological detection of protective anti-HBs response level: anti-HBs<10mIU/ml is judged as non-response; 10 mIU/ml≤anti-HBs<100 mIU/ml wasjudged as low response; 100 mIU/ml≤anti-HBs<1000 mIU/ml was judged as anormal response; and anti-HBs≥1000 mIU/ml was judged as a high response.

As mentioned above, according to the above four major hepatitis Bvaccines in China, only the anti-HBs response level of the 10 μg/dosenewborn Hansenula polymorpha recombinant hepatitis B vaccine fullycomplies with the above classification criteria. The other threevarieties: 5 μg/dose newborn S. cerevisiae recombinant hepatitis Bvaccine, 20 μg/dose adult S. cerevisiae recombinant hepatitis B vaccineand 20 μg/dose adult CHO recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, all had alow/non response rate of up to 30%, and the average titer GMT was low at300 mIU/ml. In particular, there were currently no hepatitis B vaccinevarieties suitable for adults in China. The market demand forrecombinant hepatitis B vaccine, which was urgently needed to develophigh anti-HBs immune response; it has become the driving force forHansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg in adult for 40 μg/dose and inchildren for 20 μg/dose.

The practice showed that the anti-HBs response level of hepatitis Bvaccine is dose-dependent of HBsAg antigen, which is a common“ubiquitous curve relationship.” As the dose of HBsAg antigen increasesgradually, the response level of Anti-HBs increases slowly. After thedose of HBsAg antigen increased to a certain point, the anti-HBsresponse level entered a rapidly growing linear region; in the linearregion, antigen doubling induced an increase in the anti-HBs responseseveral times; in the linear region, the HBsAg antigen dose had at leastfour doubling points. When the dose of HBsAg antigen increased again,the level of Anti-HBs response turned to a slow increase. Therefore, thedose of HBsAg antigen for children and adult vaccines should be selectedin the corresponding linear phase of the rapid response of the responsecurve. If the children's HBsAg antigen dosage was 5 μg/dose at the 2nddoubling point of the linear region, the HBsAg antigen dose was 10μg/dose at the 3rd doubling point; when the children's HBsAg antigendosage was doubled to 20 μg/dose at the 4th doubling point, the Anti-HBsresponse level still had several times the potential to increase. Theabove-mentioned hepatitis B vaccine anti-HBs response level and the doseof the HBsAg was dose-dependent relationship, which became a newhepatitis B vaccine product for determining the anti-HBs response rateof Hansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg adult dose of 40 μg/dose andchildren dose of 20 μg/dose for an important theoretical basis. Theanti-HBs response of the above Hansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAghepatitis B vaccine product was expected to: geometric mean titer forall adults aged 15-59: GMC>Anti-HBs1000 mIU/ml, low/non response rate(<Anti-HBs 100 mIU/ml)<5%, high response rate (≥Anti-HBs 1000mIU/ml)>50%; geometric mean titers of neonates with high prevalence ofHBsAg and older children aged 10-13: GMC>Anti-HBs 2000 mIU/ml, low/nonresponse rate <5%, and high response rate >60%.

The yield of HBsAg pure stock solution of the recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha provided by the present invention reached 300 mg/liter ormore, and the yield of the purified HBsAg pure stock solution of theexisting Hansenula polymorpha or brewer's yeast was much higher than 5times to 30 times; the highest level in the world today, a newbreakthrough in genetic recombination technology. The annual productionof recombinant HBsAg pure stock solution was calculated on the scale oftwo fermenters with 800 liter:

2 products (raw liquid liter (working volume)×(working volume) liter(work tank/year)=19,800 g/year

It was a prerequisite for the large-scale production of hepatitis Bvaccine with Hansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg adult dose of 40μg/dose and children dose of 20 μg/dose. When the annual yield ofHansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg VLP pure stock solution reaches19,800 grams, the dosage of Hansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg foradult was 40 μg/dose and the annual output of hepatitis B vaccine was330 million needles (110 million people); the dosage of Hansenulapolymorpha recombinant HBsAg for children was 20 μg/dose and the annualoutput of hepatitis B vaccine was 330 million needles (110 millionpeople); it will become the largest manufacturer of recombinanthepatitis B vaccine in the world for meet the demand of expansion ofimmunization for all populations in the country.

First Embodiment

The pMPT-HBsAg adw2 plasmid was constructed based on the sequence of SEQID NO: 1. The construction of plasmid pMPT-HBs adw2 includes thefollowing steps:

The HBsAg adw2 gene was synthesized according to the DNA sequence ofHansenula polymorpha preferred code HBsAg adw2; and the glycerol straincontaining the HBsAg adw2 gene plasmid was constructed and named asMC407B-16.

The correctly sequenced MC407B-16 plasmid was digested with EcoRI/BamHI,and the digested product was used a TaKaRa PCR Fragment Recovery Kit(Code No. D301) to recover 701 bp DNA fragment called Inset DNA6.

The correct plasmid pMPT-02 was digested with EcoRI/BamHI, and thevector DNA obtained after the gel was recovered was called Vector DNA6.

Inset DNA6 was ligated to Vector DNA6 using Solution in TaKaRa DNALigation Kit (Code No. D6022), and then heat-shock transformed into E.coli Competent Cell JM109 (Code No. D9052), and the cells were culturedovernight.

Single colonies were selected from the transformation plates, andplasmid DNA was extracted and digested with EcoRI/BamHI. The resultsshowed that MC407A+B+C+D-7780 were positive clones.

The plasmid MC407A+B+C+D-77 was sequenced respectively with primersRV-M, M13-47, MC407P1, MC407P2, MC407P3, MC407P4, MC407P5, MC407P6,MC407P7, MC407P8, MC407P9, MC407BF11, MC407BR11 to prove the plasmidpMPT-HBs adw2 were correct.

Second Embodiment

Construction of a Hansenula polymorpha recombinant HBsAg engineeringstrain (i.e., a Hansenula polymorpha host cell transformation screeningstrain comprising the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1).

The transformation and screening process of recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha hepatitis B vaccine was shown in FIG. 5:

1) The pMPT-HBsAg plasmid was transformed into the URA3-auxotrophicHansenula polymorpha cell strain HU-11 (CGMCC No. 1218) of the host cellby cell electroporation. The culture medium was selected using aselection medium (MD liquid medium). The single colony transformantswere picked up on the MD selection culture plate and transferred to theMD liquid medium for continuous subculture. The adw2 subtype HBsAg geneand the corresponding regulatory components were multi-copy andheterologously integrated into the host Hansenula polymorpha cellchromosome.

2) Strain screening included the following steps:

(1) Selecting a single colony of uracil prototrophic transformants

Colonies with rapid growth rate of bacteria were selected. PCR was usedto detect the brightness of HBsAg gene bands. Colonies with a largenumber of copies were selected, and single colonies were shake-culturedin a selective medium, and successively subcultured for 20 to 400generations;

(2) Screening multiple copies of heterologous integrated transformedclones

After subculture in step (1), after 72 hours of methanol-inducedculture, the expression level of HBsAg released by the disruption oftransformant cells was determined by radio immunoassay orradioimmunoassay (RIA);

(3) Screening out high-copy, high-expression clones of free plasmids

The clones screened by step (2) were cultured in YPD complete medium for48 hours, and then transferred into a selection medium plate for cloningculture, and the HBsAg gene copy number was detected by quantitativePCR, and the expression level of HBsAg was detected by RIA.

(4) Based on the detection result of the step (3), the primary strain ofthe genetically stabilized recombinant Hansenula polymorpha HBsAgengineering strain was selected.

Third Embodiment

The main process of 30 liters of pilot fermentation:

1) Strain stored in liquid nitrogen was thawed by 200 ml seed medium,inoculated into the medium, divided into two 0.5 L shake flasks, andcultured at 31° C. for 22 hours as a first-class seed;

2) The primary seed was transferred into the secondary seed culturemedium with 1600 ml seed medium, divided into six 1 L shake flasks, andincubate at 31° C. for 20 hours as a secondary seed;

3) 12 L fermentation medium was adjusted to pH 5.5 and transferred intoa 30 L fermenter, and then the secondary seed was inoculated undergrowing at 30-31° C. through two sources of glycerol and methanol;growth, de-repression and induction for the three phases, and co-culture85 to 96 hours, the cells were harvested after 2-3 hours stoppedinduction. The frozen cells are homogenized.

Operation Points:

(1) The feeding operation of the growth phase was going when thedissolved oxygen was consumed and the basal medium was consumed; theflow acceleration was gradually increased as the consumption of thebasic medium increases, and the flow was added before 2-3 hours thedissolved oxygen was recovered.

(2) In the later stage of the growth phase, pay attention to thedissolved oxygen recovery, record the lowest value of dissolved oxygen,and start to flow when the dissolved oxygen rises to 70-80%, and enterthe de-repression phase.

(3) After the later stage of the de-repression phase, the dissolvedoxygen began to rise after the end of the flow. When the dissolvedoxygen was raised to 70-80% c/o, the methanol induction solution wasadded, and the methanol concentration is controlled at 3-5; the flowacceleration was controlled by the methanol detection flow controller.

(4) Stopping methanol addition before 2-3 hours the end of fermentationto reduce methanol residue during cell harvest.

Medium

1. Preparation of calcium chloride solution

11.33 g CaCl₂ was accurately weighed and put it into a cleanedtriangular flask, deionized water was appropriately added to dissolveand dilute to 200 ml.

2. Preparation of Micro Element Solution

Accurately weighting the following reagents:

(NH₄)₂Fe(SO₄)₂•e(₂O 1000 mg CuSO₄•₂O 80 mg ZnSO₄•₂O 300 mg MnSO₄•₂O 400mg EDTA 1000 mg

The weighed reagent was placed in a cleaned triangular flask, dissolvedin deionized water and dissolved to 200 ml.

3. Preparation of Vitamin Solution

Accurately weighting the following reagents:

d-Biotin 6 mg Thiamin HCl 2000 mg

Biotin was first dissolved in 10 ml of 50% isopropanol, and thendissolved in Thiamin HCl, and then dissolved in an appropriate amount ofdeionized water to a volume of 100 ml.

4. Preparation of Trace Element Solution

Accurately weighting the following reagents:

NiSO₄•₂O 10 mg CoCl₂•₂O 10 mg H₃BO₃ 10 mg Na₂MoO₄•oO₂O 10 mg KI 10 mg

The weighed reagent was placed in a cleaned triangular flask, and anappropriate amount of deionized solution was added to a volume of 50 ml.

The above four solutions were separately sterilized and filtered foruse.

5. Preparation of Seed Salt Solution

Accurately weighting the following reagents:

NH₄H₂PO₄ 80 g MgSO₄•gS₂O 18 g KCl 20 g NaCl  2 g

The weighed reagent was placed in a cleaned triangular flask, dissolvedin deionized water and dissolved to a volume of 1600 ml.

6. 27 g of glycerin was weighted in a 2000 ml flask, mixed with a saltsolution of 360 mL, and made up to 1800 ml with deionized water. Thesame amount was dispensed into two 2000 ml flasks, and autoclaved at110° C. for 30 minutes.

Two empty 500 ml triangle bottles, six 1000 ml triangle bottles, a 100ml graduated cylinder and a 500 ml graduated cylinder all weresterilized under 110° C., 30 minutes high pressure steam.

7. Primary Seed Medium

In the clean bench, 100 ml of each sterilized glycerin solution wastaken aseptically, and added separately into two 500 ml sterilizedflasks, and respectively added the following:

Calcium chloride solution 1 ml Micro element solution 1 ml Vitaminsolution 0.5 ml Trace element solution 0.25 ml Shaking the abovesolution.

8. Secondary Seed Medium

1600 ml of sterilized glycerin solution was placed in a clean bench withsterile operation technique and placed in a 2000 ml sterilized triangle,and separately added:

Calcium chloride solution 16 ml Micro element solution 16 ml Vitaminsolution 8 ml Trace element solution 4 ml

9. Fermentation Medium

The following reagents were accurately weighted and dissolved in 2000 mlof deionized water.

NH₄H₂PO₄ 175 g MgSO₄•gS₂O 40 g KCl 44 g NaCl 4.4 g

520 g glycerin was weighted and added into a small 500 ml beaker. 10 mldefoamer was added into the beaker to sterilize, and then added:

Calcium chloride solution 175 ml Micro element solution 175 ml Vitaminsolution 88 ml Trace element solution 44 ml

10. Feed Medium

87 g NH₄H₂PO₄, 260 g glycerin and 500 ml deionized water were added into1000 ml flask, and then wrapped feed line and sterilized at 110° C. for30 minutes.

11. De-Repression Solution

1800 g glycerin and 660 ml deionized water were added into a 5000 mlflask, and then wrapped feed line and sterilized at 110° C. for 30minutes. 540 ml filter-sterilized salt solution was added after cooling.

12. Induction Solution

400 ml glycerin was added into a 1000 ml flask, and then wrapped feedline and sterilized at 110° C. for 30 minutes. 1600 ml methanol wasadded aseptically after cooling.

Fourth Embodiment

Purification

The fermentation broth obtained from the third embodiment was harvestedand the cells were washed. The detailed steps of purification can befound in References: Li Jin, Kong Yan. Recombinant Hepatitis B VaccineProduction Process. See Li Jin, Yu Yu, Dong Dexiang Editor:Biopharmaceutical Equipment And separation and purification techniques.1st edition. Beijing: Chemical Industry Press, 2003: 348-349. Theharvested cells can be crushed by a homogenizer to release HBsAg; thecell debris was removed by filtration with a 0.22 g microporous filter;the small molecular impurities were removed by ultrafiltration with a300K ultramicrofilter; and the HBsAg was extracted by silica geladsorption treatment. Finally, it was purified by butyl agarosehydrophobic chromatography.

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The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosurehas been presented only for the purposes of illustration and descriptionand is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to theprecise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possiblein light of the above teaching.

The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain theprinciples of the disclosure and their practical application so as toenable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and variousembodiments and with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosurepertains without departing from its spirit and scope.

1. A high dosage of hepatitis B vaccine based on recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha, wherein the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) pure stocksolution yield used for producing the hepatitis B vaccine is 300 mg/Lfermentation liquid to 400 mg/L fermentation liquid, and the dosage ofthe HBsAg in the hepatitis B vaccine for adults is 40 μg/dose and forchildren is 20 μg/dose.
 2. The high dosage of hepatitis B vaccine basedon recombinant Hansenula polymorpha according to claim 1, wherein theDNA sequence of the HBsAg expressed by the recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO:
 1. 3. The high dosage of hepatitis Bvaccine based on recombinant Hansenula according to claim 1, wherein theamino acid sequence of the HBsAg expressed by the recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO:
 2. 4. The high dosage of hepatitis Bvaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorpha according to claim 2,wherein the HBsAg expressed by the recombinant Hansenula polymorpha is avirus-like particle structure, which is formed by inserting HBsAgs intoHansenula polymorpha lipid, and wherein 9 to 12 among the 14 cysteicacids of the HBsAg form disulfide bonds.
 5. The high dosage of hepatitisB vaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorpha according to claim1, wherein the hepatitis B vaccine further comprises an adjuvant; theadjuvant is aluminum adjuvant prepared by in-situ coprecipitation or thedirect adsorption; the aluminum adjuvant is preferably prepared byin-situ coprecipitation.
 6. The high dosage of hepatitis B vaccine basedon recombinant Hansenula polymorpha according to claim 1, wherein theimmunization procedure of the high dosage of hepatitis B vaccine is oneinjection respectively in 0, 1, 2 to 12 months for three needles; thepreferably immunization procedure is one injection respectively in 0, 1,and 6 months for three needles.
 7. The high dosage of hepatitis Bvaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorpha according to claim 1,wherein the dosage form of the hepatitis B vaccine is selected formprefilled injection solution, injection solution or lyophilized powderinjection; the dosage form is preferably the prefilled injectionsolution.
 8. The high dosage of hepatitis B vaccine based on recombinantHansenula polymorpha according to claim 1, wherein the hepatitis Bsurface antigen is adw subtype.
 9. The high dosage of hepatitis Bvaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorpha according to claim 1,wherein the host Hansenula polymorpha cell line of the recombinantHansenula polymorpha is HU-11, and the accession number is CGMCC No.1218, and the disrupted DNA sequence of the orphanin-5-phosphatedecarboxylase gene of the host Hansenula polymorpha is shown in SEQ IDNO:
 3. 10. A recombinant Hansenula polymorpha, wherein the recombinantHansenula polymorpha comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is integrated into thegenome of the recombinant Hansenula polymorpha.
 11. The recombinantHansenula polymorpha according to claim 10, wherein the host Hansenulapolymorpha cell line of the recombinant Hansenula polymorpha is HU-11,and the accession number is CGMCC No. 1218, and the disrupted DNAsequence of the orphanin-5-phosphate decarboxylase gene of the hostHansenula polymorpha is shown in SEQ ID NO:
 3. 12. The high dosage ofhepatitis B vaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorpha accordingto claim 3, wherein the HBsAg expressed by the recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha is a virus-like particle structure, which is formed byinserting HBsAgs into Hansenula polymorpha lipid, and wherein 9 to 12among the 14 cysteic acids of the HBsAg form disulfide bonds.
 13. Thehigh dosage of hepatitis B vaccine based on recombinant Hansenulapolymorpha according to claim 2, wherein the hepatitis B vaccine furthercomprises an adjuvant; the adjuvant is aluminum adjuvant prepared byin-situ coprecipitation or the direct adsorption; the aluminum adjuvantis preferably prepared by in-situ coprecipitation.
 14. The high dosageof hepatitis B vaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorphaaccording to claim 3, wherein the hepatitis B vaccine further comprisesan adjuvant; the adjuvant is aluminum adjuvant prepared by in-situcoprecipitation or the direct adsorption; the aluminum adjuvant ispreferably prepared by in-situ coprecipitation.
 15. The high dosage ofhepatitis B vaccine based on recombinant Hansenula polymorpha accordingto claim 4, wherein the hepatitis B vaccine further comprises anadjuvant; the adjuvant is aluminum adjuvant prepared by in-situcoprecipitation or the direct adsorption; the aluminum adjuvant ispreferably prepared by in-situ coprecipitation.